by B. R. GOWANI
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the Global Empire has a new Emperor
his mind is unstable
his stands are inconsistent
his language incongruous
he tries to pretend he has all the power
but truth is contrary to his belief
the establishment is not on his side
nor is most dominant news media
(most dominant news media people are simple
if the emperors are not arrogant with them
and doesn’t call their reporting “fake”
they almost always parrot the emperors;
one of the emperors’ war-man showed them a tube
and they went along in destroying modern Mesopotamia
in early part of first decade of this century;
however, it is different with this Emperor
most media people get on his nerves
and he never misses a chance to kick their asses)
the Emperor rarely meets press people
his press secretary relays message/s to them
when it’s a cloudless sunny day
the Emperor says it’s a pitch-black day
the media people want clarification
(they have to pretend they’re doing some work
it’s a matter of bread and steak
they ignore dozens of other pressing problems)
the press secretary has to answer
so he starts:
“What our Emperor meant was:
there are things not visible, even in sunlight,
those are mystical/spiritual kinds of things
they require a different kind of light
our nation is passing through a severe crisis
(the doings of the previous emperor)
that’s what the Emperor meant
when he said the pitch-black darkness
it’s difficult to see any solutions
to heap of problems we’re facing as a nation”
this has become a routine for the current press secretary
it’s the most difficult job in the world
the Emperor says what comes on his tongue
he doesn’t beat around the bush
but his press secretary has to, literally,
he’s a human being after all
and sometimes he runs out of interpretations
covering up the Emperor’s incomprehensible statements
on May 9, he hid behind the bush in darkness
to avoid the press
the Emperor was mad
there are rumors that he’ll behead his press secretary
not literally but figuratively speaking
the press secretary will lose his job
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com